Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-04-24
BURBANK.
Another New Suburb OF
the Metropolis.
BEAUTIFUL BURBANK CITY.
A Beautiful Site for Homes in a
Land of Richness and Perpet-
ual Flowers.

The Providencia Rancho, extending
across the valley of the Los Angeles
river ten miles north of the city of Los
Angeles, from the Providencia noun
tains through the Los Angeles valley to
the San Francisco Maria mountain, con.
tanning $1,000 acres, is rare spot of
earth, especially favored in every way
by nature. The south end is occupied
with beautiful hills, embellished with
shrubbery and valleys of evergreen oaks.
In this locality are perennial springs
and lakelets and orchards of evergreen
oak. In the plain along the sources of
the Los Angeles river are thousands of
acres of the very finest of alluvial soil
on which large and lusty fields of grain
are growing most luxuriantly. The
Southern Pacific Company has its
great transcontinental line at the north
ern side of this rich plain and stops
trains for the new city on signal.
From the lowland plain the tract
commences to rise towards the noun
tain on the northeast at the rate of $50
to 300 feet per mile. On this magaifi-
cent slope the townsite of Burbank has
been selected, side track laid and q
depot established 10 be known as Bur.
bank, named after the former proprietor
of the rancho. This beautiful plain ex.
tending from the railway to the noun.
tain is q glorious piece of land that is
proud factor in the wealth of the State.
The soil is matchless, the situation all.
mirable for health and beautiful scenery.
On the west the great San Fernando val
ley displays its hundred thousand acres
of grain; on the north the great San
Francisco Maria mountain ia q barrier
against the winds of winter; on the south
west the low mountains OF Providencia
and Cahuepga, clothed in emerald robes
are perpetual delight while on
the east and south the great valley
OF the Los Angeles river, with its fields
and homes of beauty, embracing Glen.
dale. the riverdals villas and the city of
Los Angeles, complete the frame which
nature has made for this beautiful town.
The soil is a sandy loan, full of vegeta.
BILE mold, easily titled and free from all
adobe or baking soils of any kind. 1t
is the perfection of choice irui land for
both deciduous and semi.tropical fruits.
On the north side Of the railway ex-
tending from the track to the mountain
is . tract of 500 acres laid out into lots
for the business part of the city of
Burbank. A broad. straight avenue 100
feet wide extends from the depot to the
mountains. named Olive avenue, fianked
on each side with Orange Grove avenue
and Angeleho avenue, so feet in width,
the other avenues parallel are Cypress,
Magnolia, Palm, Verdugo, Tujunga and
Providencia avenues, 60 feet in width.
The cross streets are numbered after
Front street, which is the railroad street
Third, Fourth and SO on up to the noun
tain. The lots on the five central aven.
ues are 50xl55 feet, with alleys in rear.
On the outer avenues the lots are 350x
ll6 feet, just the righo size for a home
and garden of fruit.
On the upper side of the tract tun.
mel has bsen thrust into the side of the
mountain, about q mile and a half from
the depot and 400 feet above it, from
which comes q fine stream Of pure
mountain water that is carried
in iron pipes to every lot in
the settlement. A large cemented
reservoir is being made at the base of
the mountain that will hold 1000. 900
gallons of water, SO the supply for the
town will be ample. All the streets and
avenues are being graded, and that por-
tion of the upland that is covered with
brush is being cleared by the company.
A fine hotel to cost $50, 900 is being
constructed by DR.. Burbank, and nine
other houses that are to cost in the
aggregate $50, 900, are under contract to
BIZ commenced by the 18th of May and
ssompleted by August next. The names
of the following gentlemen who are the
proprie.ors of the property are a suffi'
cient guaranty Of their ability to carry
out their contracts: L. T. Garnsey.
President; David Burbank, J. Downey
Harvey, II. L. Macneil, I. w. 7. Rich
ards, E. f, Hall, George w. kng, w.
II. Goucher, j. A. Fillmore and Senator
McFadden.
Their large capital and great energy
are su to make the settlementa uccas,.
These gentlemen purchased the great
rancho, large part of which is covered
with grain, for $25S, 900. which they
have pa d. They have, within the past
month, sold over $500, 900 worth of the
land, and are selling daily at a rapid
rate. They can accommodate all classes
of buyers-those who want a business
lot at the depot, those who want resi-
denee lot, those who prefer an acre or
five or ten or l00-acre tract, either on
the high mesas or in the moist land
around the lsguna. They will open an
office at Burbank station this week,
with telephone connection with the prin
cipal Office in this city, in Bryson Block,
Spring street.
All the prospects of Burbank seem
auspicious, and indicate that it will soon
be great and prosperous settlement,
filled with happy and cultured pop
ulation.